3.

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

Students as inquirers frame, analyze, and synthesize information as well as negotiate meaning across language and culture in
order to explore problems and issues from their own and different perspectives.
P21 Framework Novice Range Intermediate Range Advanced Range
Definitions Examples Examples Examples

Exercising sound
reasoning in understanding
Making complex choices
and decisions
Understanding the
interconnections
among systems
EXAMPLE: Students develop a
survey to investigate the eating habits
of the class, interview students,
analyze the data, synthesize it into a
graph, and create a document to
share the results with others.
(Interpersonal, Presentational)
EXAMPLE: Students explore an
environmental issue in a target
language country and propose
solutions. (Interpretive,
Presentational)
EXAMPLE: Students investigate an
immigration issue in the US and a
target-language country, analyze and
synthesize the information, and
propose a solution in the form of a
letter to the editor. (Interpretive,
Presentational)

Identifying and asking

significant questions
that clarify various
points of view and
lead to better solutions

Framing, analyzing and

synthesizing information in
order to solve problems and
answer questions